need some advice..

[bananaish07]

I'm looking into getting a new computer, and I'd like one that would be able to run Dolphin, but I know nothing about what I'm looking for. The only emulators I've used before are for the older systems (N64, PSX, etc) so this is all really new and confusing for me. The computer I have now will run it, but only at about 30% if I'm lucky (its old, time for an update lol). So basically my question is, what specific things I need to look for to properly run this?

[jontcold]

THE BEST GAMER SETTING FOR PRICE RATING IS A PHENOM 2 X4 965 3.4 STOCK GO EASY TILL 4G WITH A GOOD COOLER AND IS VERY CHEAP WHY SO HIGH ALL NEW PC GAME REQUIRE MASSIVE CPU AND BIG VIDEO CARD DOLPHIN REQUIRE BIG CPU IN SOME GAME 3.4 IS ENOUGH BUT IF YOU WANNA A LITTLE BIT OVERCLOCK WILL INCREASE PERFOMANCE VIDEO CARD I DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT TELL YOU IT DEPEND OF YOU IF IT ONLY FOR DOLPHIN YOU SHOULD DONT BUY YOU A VERY BIG ONE BUT IF YOU WANNA PLAY NEW PC GAME THE LIMIT IS YOUR MONEY I GOT A ENGTX 260 SP216 896MEGS AND IS I CANT RUN ALL GAME IN MAX SETTING ONLY FEW DONT RUN METRO 2033 I CANT RUN 2048 1536 ONLY 1600 1200GTA 4 I CANT PUT EVERY THING MAX THE NEXT ONE I WILL GO GET IS 480 FROM NVIDIA

[Travixyz]

Yeah he is right

[FloW3184]

I AM GOING TO WRITESOMETHING HERE BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO READ JOINTCOLDS TEXT WITHOUT HURTING MY EYES BECAUSE HE NEITHER USES COMMATA NOR FULLSTOPS NOR ANY OTHER PUNCTUATION MARK.
omg ... ^^
I just unleashed the fury of my caps lock xD
a phenom2 with 3,4Ghz is really good for dolphin.
you dont need a very expensive graphics card. i use a HD5770 and i can play most games at 90% speed to fullspeed in 1920x1200 with 8xAA.

[Nintendo64]

Hey FloW3184, what temps does your card get up to? I also have the same card and the highest temp I had was 150's Fahrenheit.

[naoan]

budget? willingness/dare to overclock? brand preferences?

[bananaish07]

thanks, you've been really helpful.. I'd like to stay away from spending a ton of money. and no I don't want it just for Dolphin, I'd like to play pc games as well, but I don't play online or anything. I don't care if the games don't run amazingly, just as long as they run ok without lagging. Honestly I don't even know what overclocking means, like I said I'm kinda new at this, and this will be my first time buying my own computer so I don't care about the brand. And do you know where I might be able to find a Phenom 2 the cheapest?

[thepepi182]

I would like to know more about this too , is 4gigs of ram enough or 8gb would be better ? D: check my post too xD